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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?
(a) The ship is of more benefit to the soul.
(b) The iceberg is more dangerous.
(c) The ship is more regal.
(d) The iceberg is more interesting.

2. In "Large Bad Picture," how does Bishop portray the flying birds?
(a) As hanging in m's.
(b) As hanging in s's.
(c) As hanging in n's.
(d) As hanging in z's.

3. In what year does Questions of Travel begin?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1952.

4. In which section does the poet arrive in Santos?
(a) North & South.
(b) Geography III.
(c) Questions of Travel.
(d) A Cold Spring.

5. What color are the Brazilian warehouses?
(a) Pink of blue.
(b) White or gray.
(c) Black or white.
(d) Black or gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the poet spend in Brazil?

2. What quality do the poems in North and South share?

3. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

4. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?

5. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Bishop see the ocean as ever-changing or never changing in the poems in Cold Spring?

2. In what way does the language contrast with the emotional situation in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"

3. How are the poems in North and South devoted to morning different?

4. What surprise does Bishop reveal in the last line of "Insomnia?"

5. Why does Bishop chose the word "flying" in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

6. What is the significance of the title of "The Prodigal"?

7. How is the writing style in "The Riverman" unlike most of Bishop's poems?

8. How does Bishop liken an iceberg to the soul in "The Imaginary Iceberg"?

9. How is the tone of "A Cold Spring" in contrast to its subject matter?"

10. How do the poet's descriptions in "Arrival at Santos" reflect her dual state of mind?

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